What's new in Calli-Graphic II

Updated 17 October, 2004

Calli-Graphic II is a whole new version of the popular Calli-Graphic guideline drawing program for Calligraphers.

Not only does Calli-Graphic II allow you to produce pages of straight, practice, guidelines; you may also produce guidelines in an infinite variety of curved shapes.

As well as producing guidelines suitable for the beginner, Calli-Graphic II is designed to be used by Calligraphers, of all levels, as a powerful layout tool.

Other major improvements include;

Full-size preview window (See screen shots)
Up to 24 different guideline sets may be drawn on a page, this could include
- Up to 24 different styles (hands) on a page
- Different line lengths
- Up to 24 different shapes
Dynamic resizing of shapes directly from the preview window
Rotate and Zoom shapes

The ability to save and reuse individual shapes as well as pages of shapes
The ability to save and use special, multi-part, scalable shapes (templates)
Built-in features include the ability to draw circles, arcs, spirals as well as 'curl-ups' and 'sausages'. ( See the examples page)
Preprogrammed shapes are includes such as stars, squares, pentagons etc.
Print and view at any scale
Save pages as images (bitmaps) for use in other graphics programs.
Pen Angle guides.

Popular features that continue from Calli-Graphic include;

The ability to produce guidelines in colour
Guidelines may be drawn in various thicknesses
Margins and printer dead spaces can be entered and saved
Preprogrammed Calligraphy styles (hands)
Built in, drop-down, menu for nib widths
Inch or metric units of measure

Calli-Graphic II, Version History

V 1.5.1 March 16, 2006
Improved error trapping routines

V1.5.0 October 13, 2005
Improved support for non-standard paper sizes
Improved supprt when viewing at large scale

V1.4.4 October 17, 2004
Error corrected when setting margins in metric

V1.4.3 October 14, 2002
Extra pens added to nib list

V1.4 April 11, 2002
Incorporate external images into a design. This allows for guilde lines to be shaped to fit an image.

V1.3 December 16, 2001
Pen Angle guide feature added.
Improved support for 'non-English' Regional Settings

V1.2.2 Sept 11, 2001
Error 384 bug fixed

V1.2.1 July 25, 2001
Grouping extended to hand date frame

V1.2.0 May 4, 2001
Step-by-Step "1-2-3" help file added.
Facility to Group guidelines added, making manipulation easier.
Grid shows as a lighter grey on screen

V1.1.9 April 13, 2001
All guideline sets share common line thicknesses. Change printer problem fixed.

V1.1.8 April 5, 2001
Program now saves papersize, page orientation and scale factor when Exit is clicked and returns these values when next started.
HLine help file added. Internet payment option added

V1.1.6 March 8,2001
Minor internal changes, no change in funtionality

1.1.5 March 4, 2001
Ability to save page as Bitmap added.
Ability to switch off Margins and Grid lines added
Registration form redesigned

1.1.3 Feb. 25, 2001
Help/Instructions file bug fixed

1.1.2 Feb. 12,2001
Print bug fixed, previously second and subsequent copies would revert to 'letter size', irrespective of what was selected.

1.1.1 Jan 29,2001
Circle bug fixed, previously printer would eject blank sheet after loading circle even if print was not selected.

1.1.0 Released 12 December, 2000
Producing practice sheets of straight horizontal lines made easier. Automatic calculation of number of horizontal lines required to fill a full page.

1.0.6 Released 12 November,2000

1.0.1 Various minor bug fixes, released 16 September, 2000

1.0.0 Original release 1 Sept, 2000